格子乘法简史初探

A Preliminary Inquiry into the Brief History of the Lattice Multiplication

格子乘法是一种以表格形式进行乘法计算的古老算法,此算法最早见于10世纪阿拉伯算术书中,于13世纪初由斐波那契传入欧洲,其在阿拉伯国家发展出的新形式在15世纪前后再次传入欧洲和中国,这种算法在欧洲衍生出的计算工具纳皮尔筹在17世纪由传教士传入中国。

Lattice multiplication is an algorithm for multiplication in tabular form,it was first seen in an Arabian arithmetic work,and introduced into Europe by Fibonacci at the beginning of the 13th century.Its new form developed in the Arab world was reintroduced into Europe and China around the 15th century.The Napier's bones,a kind of calculation tool derived from this algorithm in Europe,was introduced into China by missionaries in the 17th century.